08-21-2019 ■ In a meeting with governors and leaders of political parties held on August 20th, The National Independent Electoral Commission-CENI has said people who will be members of provincial and communal electoral commissions should not work on behalf of their political parties. Pierre Claver Kazihise, Chairman of the National Independent (...)

08-13-2019 ■ At a press conference held this August 12, Gaspard Kobako, Spokesperson for the party National Council for the Defense of Democracy-CNDD has said members of the party will participate in the 2020 elections if nothing hinders the electoral process. “We have already shown our will to participate in the (...)

08-12-2019 ■ The opposition coalition in exile, CNARED, has announced its willingness to return to the country to participate in the upcoming elections. The decision was praised by the power in place and seen as disconcerting by the opposition. “We are preparing our return to participate in the 2020 elections.” The (...)

08-08-2019 ■ In a workshop held on August 7th, the Association for the Promotion of Batwa-UNIPROBA has said indigenous people in Burundi also known as Batwa are confronted with many problems including poverty and illiteracy. Emmanuel Nengo, Chairman of UNIPROBA says Batwa people in Burundi encounter problems such as food insecurity, (...)

08-06-2019 ■ Anicet Niyonkuru, Executive Secretary of CNARED, an opposition platform in exile says members of the council living in the country have decided to participate in the 2020 elections. “Even though CNARED may not join others in the electoral process, our members have decided that they will vote at any (...)

08-06-2019 ■ Burundi Minister of Human Rights says the Inquiry Commission on Burundi is manipulated and the extension of its mandate is not the government’s concern. “The government of Burundi will never recognize the commission,” says Martin Nivyabandi, Burundi Minister of Human Rights and Social Integration adding that Burundi will never (...)

08-05-2019 ■ The destruction or burning of political party offices, arrests, fights between activists, theft of party flags are acts that show the new wave of political intolerance since the past few days. A CNL party office in Gatete area in Rumonge commune was burned by unidentified people during the night (...)

08-02-2019 ■ Pascal Nyabenda, Speaker of the National Assembly has exhorted leaders of the political parties to always remember that they are primarily responsible for the behavior of their members. “They must be adequately supervised and be prepared for the 2020 elections. Harmony should be preserved in the country,” says MP (...)

08-01-2019 ■ Juvénal Bigirimana, Rumonge province governor has given a week to the police officers operating in Rumonge province to investigate and identify people who tried to burn the office of CNL party located in Gatete area of Rumonge commune in Rumonge province in the south of Burundi. Jacques Ntunzwenimana, local (...)

07-26-2019 ■ Onesphore Mfisumukiza, CNDD party leader in Bururi province says their party flag planted in Magara area of Bugarama commune in Rumonge southern province was stolen by unknown people in the night of 24 July. Mr. Mfisumukiza describes the act as political intolerance. “We were setting up committees and planting (...)